Guggenheim Museum

In Kim Kulim’s "From Creation to Extinction" (2015), a figure reads and then tears each page from a book of poems, later dispersing the papers into the sea of a listening audience. All the while, a writer transcribes each spoken word onto a blank sheet of paper, writing and writing over the words until the surface becomes unreadable. #ExperimentalArtInKorea “From Creation to Extinction" will be performed again tomorrow, December 2. Free with museum admission. First come, first served. No advance registration required. To join, meet in the exhibition gallery on Tower Level 5 at 2 pm. Plan your visit at the link in our bio.

To perform "Reading Newspapers" (1976), Sung Neung Kyung cuts out the headlines and bodies of articles from the local newspaper of that day, leaving only the masthead and a skeletal frame which he then holds up to read after every incision. #ExperimentalArtInKorea

In "Snail’s Gallop," Lee Kun-Yong traverses the floor of the gallery, squatting and marking the ground with continuous lines in a live performance at the Guggenheim. The artist contrasts this mundane act with the incremental movement of his body, by which his two feet partially erase the drawn lines as he moves through space. #ExperimentalArtInKorea

“From the Andean perspective, unspun wool is like cosmic gas where life is born, and it's wonderful that people have thought of this, and used this material as sacred for thousands of years.”—Cecilia Vicuña (@ceciliavicuna ) In this behind-the-scenes look, Vicuña installs a site-specific “Quipu” (knot) installation, building a bridge between Indigenous practice and contemporary culture. “Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene” is now open. __ #CeciliaVicuña #guggenheim

World premiere—don’t miss Sin Wai Kin’s (@sinforvictory ) live performance: “the story changes the body changes (repeating)” on May 13. Conceived specifically for the museum's Peter B. Lewis Theater by the 2022 Turner Prize nominee, the performance interrogates the binaries between reality and fiction. Drawing on traditional roles in Cantonese opera, along with contemporary drag performance, the narrative will unfold through circular dialogue between two characters: “The Storyteller,” Sin’s iconic personification of the universe as a newscaster, and “Change,” a brand new being making their debut at the program. Click the link in our bio to learn more and buy tickets. __ Pictured: Sin Wai Kin, Makeup test for Change, 2022. Courtesy of the artist. #SinWaiKin #Guggenheim

“I have to imagine that this would have been such a fantastic viewing experience for Kandinsky because he was encouraging this kind of multisensory reaction”—curator Megan Fontanella (@meganfontanella ) Go behind the scenes with Megan to learn more about “Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle” and the artist’s experimental work in the early decades of the last century. Plus, don't miss the exhibition on view through September 5. Click the link in our bio to plan your visit. __ #KandinskyAroundTheCircle #Guggenheim

Nat Trotman (@smoke_and_mirrors ), Curator, Performance and Media, reflects on Gillian Wearing’s three-decade career and the ways masks in her practice serve as both literal props and metaphors for the performances each of us stage every day. ⠀ Experience Wearing’s work at the Guggenheim—“Gillian Wearing: Wearing Masks” is on view in our Tower galleries. ⠀ __ #GillianWearing #Guggenheim

Today’s #FrankLloydWrightFridays illustration is by @pixy_peng : “‘Take my breath away’ is exactly how I felt when I saw this timeless piece of art in New York City. It is the reason that I have a career dedicated to Architecture Design.” ⠀ __ #Guggenheim #TheGugg

Happy birthday to Vasily Kandinsky, a pioneer of abstract art who was born #OnThisDay 155 years ago! ⠀ Kandinsky has been linked to the history of the Guggenheim more than any other 20th century painter. Hilla Rebay—artist, art advisor, and the museum’s first director—was particularly inspired by his work and writing. As a result, the Guggenheim collection contains more than 150 works by Kandinsky, many of which are on view in our current rotunda exhibition, “Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle.” ⠀ This past fall, New York-based Trinidadian drummer, composer, and musician Zane Rodulfo (@zanerodulfo ) created a jazz composition, “Around the Circle,” inspired by Kandinsky’s practice and spiritual beliefs. In this video, get to know Rodulfo and experience the song in full. ⠀ “Vasily Kandinsky: Around the Circle” is on view through September 5, 2022—click the link in our bio to plan your visit. ⠀ __ #VasilyKandinsky #ZaneRodulfo #KandinskyAroundTheCircle #Guggenheim

💡 Ever wondered how a hologram is made? You’ll find the answer in holography artist Matthew Schreiber’s (@matthewschreiberart ) Brooklyn, NY studio. Filled with everything from a smoke-activated laser incense burner (you read that right), to a full-fledged hologram studio, Schreiber’s space is at once magical and technical. ⠀ Most recently, Schreiber collaborated with Deana Lawson on the holograms featured in her exhibition “The Hugo Boss Prize 2020: Deana Lawson, Centropy,” which is on view through Monday, October 11—click the link in our bio to plan your visit before it closes. ⠀ __ #DeanaLawson #HugoBossPrize

Take a silent stroll through our Thannhauser Gallery for a look Henri Rousseau’s lively painting “The Football Players” (1908). ⠀ Experience “The Football Players” (and other Impressionist, Post-Impressionist, and modern French masterpieces) in real life—click the link in our bio to plan your visit. ⠀ __ #HenriRousseau #ThannhauserCollection #GuggenheimCollection #Guggenheim

“Filmmaking, for me, is about that collaborative process. It’s about trying to tune into the people I’m working with and think about what I could do, or how my skills could be used to create a platform for what they do.” —Wu Tsang (@wu_tsang ) ⠀ Wu Tsang’s new commission “Anthem” was conceived with the legendary singer, composer, and transgender activist Beverly Glenn-Copeland (@beverlyglenncopeland ), and revolves around an immense, 84-foot curtain sculpture. Projected onto this luminous textile is a “film-portrait” Tsang created of Glenn-Copeland improvising and singing passages of his music. ⠀ Experience the magic of “Anthem” through September 6—click the link in our bio to plan your visit. ⠀ __ #WuTsang #BeverlyGlennCopeland #GuggenheimCollection #Guggenheim